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Kaspars Daugavins registered a goal and an assist in Latvia's upset win over Finland in World Championship action on Saturday.

He tied the game at 1-1 in the first and set up the game winner by Arturs Kulda late in the third. Daugavins spent the 2013-14 season playing in Switzerland with Geneve Servette, where he had 18 goals and 44 points in 44 games. Sat, May 10, 2014 01:13:00 PM

Former NHLer Kaspars Daugavins, currently playing in the Swiss league, has been an effective member of the Latvian Olympic team with two points and six shots through four games.

Latvia takes on the heavily favored Canadians Wednesday in the quarterfinals. Daugavins had some nice words for the team's head coach Ted Nolan. "We never had a coach that actually believes in the players," Daugavins said. "He actually makes us believe that we're actually a good team." Latvia won their first Olympic game in 12 years, beating Switzerland in Tuesday's qualification game. Tue, Feb 18, 2014 09:39:00 PM

Kaspars Daugavins has agreed to a contract with Geneva Servette of the Swiss League.

According to player agent Jay Grossman, the deal has an NHL "out clause," if an opportunity to return to North America arises he can pursue it. Daugavins dressed in 25 games between the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins last season. Thu, Sep 19, 2013 05:25:00 PM

Daugavins was in and out of the lineup after the Bruins claimed him off waivers from the Senators. Sadly, the fourth-line winger is known more for a failed shootout move than anything he did in an actual game. Hutchinson was the 77th overall pick in 2008 but never made it to the NHL level. Tue, Jul 2, 2013 02:40:00 PM

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Former NHLer Kaspars Daugavins, currently playing in the Swiss league, has been an effective member of the Latvian Olympic team with two points and six shots through four games.

Latvia takes on the heavily favored Canadians Wednesday in the quarterfinals. Daugavins had some nice words for the team's head coach Ted Nolan. "We never had a coach that actually believes in the players," Daugavins said. "He actually makes us believe that we're actually a good team." Latvia won their first Olympic game in 12 years, beating Switzerland in Tuesday's qualification game.

Kaspars Daugavins has agreed to a contract with Geneva Servette of the Swiss League.

According to player agent Jay Grossman, the deal has an NHL "out clause," if an opportunity to return to North America arises he can pursue it. Daugavins dressed in 25 games between the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins last season.

Daugavins was in and out of the lineup after the Bruins claimed him off waivers from the Senators. Sadly, the fourth-line winger is known more for a failed shootout move than anything he did in an actual game. Hutchinson was the 77th overall pick in 2008 but never made it to the NHL level.

Kaspars Daugavins was back on the fourth line during Saturday's morning skate.

Carl Soderberg saw shifts on the fourth line during Friday's skate, while Daugavins skated as the odd man out. It isn't clear who the Bruins will go with yet in Game 5, but the pregame warmup should give a better indication.

There is a chance that Kaspar Daugavins will be the odd man out for Saturday night's Game 5 in Chicago.

He has not been effective with limited minutes on the Bruins' fourth line and may be a healthy scratch in favor of Carl Soderberg who practied on the fourth unit during Friday's scrimmages. If Soderberg does play, it will be his first playoff action in the NHL.

Kaspars Daugavins had a great chance to win Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the third overtime session but he misfired.

"There was an opportunity to win a game and get a 1-0 lead in the series, and two, three minutes later we go down 1-0," he said. "I should take a little blame for it. I should have put it in there and give the team the lead. It wasn't bouncing. I had everything like I wanted to do, except I miss-shot it. I was falling while I was shooting and I just missed the puck." Daugavins wasn't the only player to have a great chance to score in overtime, but he may have taken the loss harder than most because of his lost opportunity. He and the Bruins will try to bounce back in Game 2.

Kaspars Daugavins played well in Game 4 as Gregory Campbell's replacement on a line with Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley.

Daugavins had some jump to his game considering he hadn't played much since the opening round of the playoffs. In fact, he had one of Boston's better scoring chances when he hit the post in the second period. "I felt good; I had a lot of energy at the start," said Daugavins. "I didn’t play that much but every time I got out there I enjoyed every second of it. I tried to keep it simple because I hadn’t played in a while and it worked. Get pucks deep and try to start a cycle and back check, it worked well." Good to see the former Senator get a chance in the post-season.

Kaspars Daugavins is projected to play alongside Rich Peverley and Tyler Seguin.

Daugavins will be playing in his third career playoff game after Gregory Campbell suffered a broken fibula. There's a decent chance that Daugavins will play in every Bruins' game for the remainder of the postseason.

Daugavins is getting ready to play in his third career NHL playoff game after Gregory Campbell suffered a broken fibula. "I haven’t played in a while, but I try to think about it less and less. I know how to play hockey," said Daugavins. "I just have to go out there, not think about it and just enjoy it. How many times do you get to be in the playoffs, and play? You have to take a little bit of that joy out there." Daugavins might end up playing in the Bruins' remaining 2013 playoff games.

Daugavins has been inserted into the lineup because Gregory Campbell will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a broken fibula. This will be Daugavins' first contest since Game 1 against Toronto in the first round.

Kaspars Daugavins, who play in Game 1 against Toronto in Round 1, could be an option for Boston with Gregory Campbell out for the remainder of the playoffs with a broken fibula.

Coach Claude Julien said a decision on who plays and where they will play will be made Friday, but he added that the Bruins have "lots of options." Jay Pandolfo, Carl Soderberg or Jordan Caron could be in the mix as well.

Coach Claude Julien was quick to say that the lines he used in the session are not necessarily ones he will use in Game 1 against Toronto Wednesday night. Still it was interesting that Daugavins was with Chris Kelly and Jaromir Jagr, while Rich Peverley joined Jay Pandolfo and Carl Soderberg on the Bruins' fifth line. Daugavins said he is ready to play if he gets the call.

David Krejci registered a pair of assists in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over Florida.

He had a helper on Tim Schaller's icebreaker in the first period and he set up David Pastrnak's game winner in the extra session. After a sluggish start to the season, Krejci has produced three goals and nine assists in the last 13 contests.

Trading Spooner would make some sense as it seems that Boston's depth, particularly at the center position, has hurt his value to the Bruins. It also recently seemed that he was in coach Claude Julien's doghouse and Spooner has spent some time on the fourth line. That being said he had 49 points last season and at the age of 24 still has some untapped upside. A change of scenery might be in all parties' best interest. The Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks, and New York Islanders have shown interest in Spooner, according to CSN New England's source.

Austin Czarnik notched a goal and an assist in Boston's 5-2 win over Columbus on Thursday night.

The Blue Jackets scored the opening goal of the game just 2:29 into the first period, but then the Bruins answered back with four straight markers before the start of the second frame. Both of Czarnik's points came during that outburst to give him a total of four in 10 games this year.

Tim Schaller has played the last two games at left wing alongside David Krejci and David Backes.

Ryan Spooner, who has been skating on the fourth line, saw some shifts on Boston's second line. "We've been looking for somebody that's going to give us a little bit of consistency on the left side," coach Claude Julien said. "Spoons has been in and out. Beleskey's been in and out. Some nights those lines have no scoring chances. As a coach, you do what you've got to do and move guys around. I need more offense out of that line."

Beleskey was injured in Saturday's game against the Sabres and he didn't play in tonight's game against Florida. Expect him to return in mid-January. The Bruins forward has two goals and three assists in 24 games this season.

He had the lone assist on Dominic Moore's seventh goal of the season in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Washington Capitals. The 21-year-old forward was playing in his third game with the Bruins this month.

"Any time a guy joins a team for practice, even with the red jersey ... it's good to see, a step in the right direction for Frank," coach Claude Julien said. "That's the best way for him right now to get up to the pace of your game, because it's going to take a while." He could be available later this month if his recovery goes well.

"He's playing with a lot of confidence," coach Claude Julien said. "He's skating, and not only that, he's taking pucks to the net." Pastrnak has become a game changer for the Bruins this season, with 18 goals in just 23 games. He also chipped in six assists along with a plus-17 rating.

Torey Krug has extended his point streak to three games with a goal in Thursday's 2-1 shootout win over Carolina.

Krug is now up to two goals and 11 points in 24 games this season. Now through the first 265 games of his career, the talented blue liner has 32 goals and 136 points and a shooting percentage of 4.5%. I mention the latter because his newest goal brings his percentage up to 2.7% for the season. He should regress to the mean, but they may be few and far between.

Zdeno Chara logged 23:31 of ice time in his first game back from a lower-body ailment.

He was credited with three hits, two blocks and a minus-1 rating. "I felt pretty good for the first game back," Chara said. "It was a good game to come back. Obviously, Florida is a very good skating team, and it is always challenging to play them. But I had no issues, and it felt good to be back, and obviously it was a big win." He was reunited with rookie defender Brandon Carlo in Boston's 4-3 OT win over Florida.

His power-play marker in the third period tied the game at 3-3 after the Capitals jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Boston entered Wednesday's action in 27th place on the man advantage and now the team has moved up to the 26th spot.

Rask has been fantastic this season, but this was far from his best outing of the year. The Capitals led 3-0 in the second period, but the Bruins got three unanswered goals from Dominic Moore, David Pastrnak and Colin Miller to tie the game. In overtime, it was Nicklas Backstrom that gave the Caps the win. Rask now has a 14-4-2 record with a 1.79 goals-against-average and a .933 save percentage.

Anton Khudobin allowed four goals on 22 shots in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Khudobin has only played in five games this year, but his numbers haven't been pretty. It's the third time he's given up four goals in a game. He has a 1-4-0 record with a 3.02 goals-against-average and a .888 save percentage.